Hana Bank Open: Top seeds Jelena Ostapenko, Ekaterina Alexandrova book R16 spots

Jelena Ostapenko, seeded no. 1 advanced to the second round of the Hana Bank Open in Seoul, South Korea on Tuesday. The Latvian defeated Korean wild card Boyoung Jeong 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(2) in two hours and 13 minutes.

The match had 15 breaks of serve, eight of which came on Ostapenkoā€™s serve and seven, which came on Jeong’s serve. Ostapenko finished the match with 106 points to Jeong’s 99.

Hana Bank Open: Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva makes her mark

In the second round, Ostapenko will play Anastasia Gasanova. Gasanova defeated Australian qualifier Astra Sharma, 7-5, 7-5 in an hour and 56 minutes.

Andorran Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva beat Chloe Paquet 6-2, 6-2 in an hour and 24 minutes. Eighth seed Rebecca Marino will be the 17-year-oldā€™s next opponent. The Canadian won against Croatian qualifier, Jana Fett 6-1, 6-2.

Indian qualifier Ankita Raina took her place in the second round after coming through against Australian Maddison Inglis, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1. Raina will play fourth seed Lin Zhu next. The Chinese player won her opener on Monday against South Korea’s Su Jeong Jang, 6-3, 6-4.

Seventh seed Tatjana Maria defeated Eugenie Bouchard 7-6(5), 7-6(5) in their round-of-32 match. The German will now play Australian Kimberly Birrell. Birrell came through in an Australian derby against Priscilla Hon on Monday, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.

Another Australian, qualifier Lizette Cabrera crashed out in the first round at the South Korean capital after losing her match to fellow qualifier, Switzerland’s, Lulu Sun, 7-6(6), 6-2. Sun will play either fifth seed Varvara Gracheva or Anna Blinkova next.

France’s Kristina Mladenovic reached the second round after winning against home player, wildcard, Sohyun Park, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3. Mladenovic awaits third seed Magda Linette or Arianne Hartono next.

Lastly, South Korean wilcard Na-Lae Han set up a second-round clash against second seed, Ekaterina Alexandrova at the Hana Bank Open. Han won her opener against fellow South Korean, qualifier, Dayeon Back, 6-1, 6-1. On Tuesday, Alexandrova won against Asia Muhammad, 6-1, 3-6, 6-1.